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“Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred.” This quote is saying how the army are riding to their death however nothing is said about the soldiers, I feel the author has made the soldiers look brave; I also think Tennyson has put a capital D on “Death” to personify it which is a…

The disillusionment concerning romance in “Atlas” is contrasting to that of “Valentine”. “Atlas” also discusses a less welcome aspect of love, but it does it in a much less cynical manner. It deals with the ordinary support and “maintenance” needed by all relationships. However, it does not do this in a bitter tone. The idea…

Robert Cormier is known for not taking a morally simplistic position regarding the right and wrong of terrorists and patriots. This is shown with Miro as Cormier often reminds the reader that he is still human. He does this by initially relating him with negativity as he feels anger, fear, and frustration. This makes the…

Russell has ensured that from the outset Mrs. Lyons’ and Mrs. Johnstone’s behavior, and the respect they show for other people, are noticeably different. Middle class Mrs. Lyons speaks to people in Standard English and shows respect for other people. When she asks ‘Hello Mrs. J. How are you?’ she is very polite to her…

Eddie has a good education as he says things like “I’ll look it up in the dictionary”- fact that he both owns and can use a dictionary shows he is higher class and has more money and a better education. Mickey who has a poor education shows when Eddie mentions the dictionary he replies “what’s…

Edwards’s house set of props: Nice wallpaper, carpeted all through, nice rug in the middle, coffee table in the middle of the room with vase with flowers on the top, colored TV and nice 3-piece suite Outside of the house: Clean, Nice clean garden, nicely maintained garden, fenced all around. Mrs. Johnston side of the stage should very messy…

One of the most important devices used in poems could be how each phrase is fitted together. In ‘On Wenlock Edge’, caesuras are placed in some significant places. For example, in line three, the phrase ‘the gale, it plies …’ contains one. The caesura in that particular phrase gives a break after the word ‘gale’,…

In both poems : ‘Beeny Cliff’ (Thomas Hardy) and ‘On Wenlock Edge’ (A.E.Housman) , the two poets associate the past with the present in different ways. Hardy presents the past by remembering his own experiences. Throughout the poem, the love and relationship with his previous wife is described almost as an unpleasant reminiscence. As if…

Compare the ways in which Owen and Faulks present the experience of war. These two pieces of writing, one a poem by Wilfred Owen called Dulce et Decorum Est and the other, an extract from the novel, ‘Charlotte Gray’ from the chapter ‘The Last Night’ are both set in the World War I and World War…

The play we have been studying is called ‘Too Much Punch For Judy’. It is about two sisters who go out drinking and both get drunk. They have to decide who will drive home, Judy decides she should as she has not drunk as much and if they get aught Joanne will lose her licence….